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Oruro, Enver Miguel; Pardo, Grace V. E.; Lucion, Aldo B.; Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa; Idiart, Marco A. P. – Learning & Memory, 2020
Studies have shown that neonate rodents exhibit high ability to learn a preference for novel odors associated with thermo-tactile stimuli that mimics maternal care. Artificial odors paired with vigorous strokes in rat pups younger than 10 postnatal days (P), but not older, rapidly induce an orientation-approximation behavior toward the conditioned…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Cytology, Learning Processes, Preferences
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Jalongo, Mary Renck – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
Understanding the process of attachment formation in young children has been a focal point in child development research for decades. However, young children's attachments are not only with human beings; they also form bonds with companion animals, particularly dogs ("Canis familiaris"). Given the number of dogs that are kept by families…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Young Children, Animals, Child Development
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Bihm, Elson M.; Gillaspy, J. Arthur, Jr.; Abbott, Hannah J.; Lammers, William J. – Psychological Record, 2010
In 1992, Dr. Marian Breland Bailey, assisted by her husband Robert E. Bailey, gave the following presentation at the Psi Chi Banquet of the University of Central Arkansas. She and her first husband, Keller Breland, were students of B. F. Skinner and established Animal Behavior Enterprises (ABE) in 1947 and the IQ Zoo in 1955. Unknown to many…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Modification, Psychology, History